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Who is better represented? Assessing the affluence bias in Latin America - Cristian Márquez Romo, Monica Montaño Reyes, 2026

While social scientists have long sought to measure social class, recent efforts in political science have increasingly focused on assessing the affluence bias ...

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Eurocentrism and epistemic governance in the genealogy of international relations in Taiwan - Yih-Jye Hwang, 2026

Why does Taiwan remain marginal to International Relations (IR) theory despite its geopolitical salience? This article answers that question through a genealogi...

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📕Commissioned Book Review: The right side of history? Liberalism after progress: Williams D, Liberalism in Time: A History📕 By Dr Asis Mistry Full review here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10..... Book here: www.mqup.ca/Books/L/Libe.... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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📕Commissioned Book Review: Eugenia Mitchelstein, Pablo J. Boczkowski, María Celeste Wagner and Facundo Suenzo, The Patina of Distrust: What People Do with Misinformation📕 By S. Shalini Full review here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... The book here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255076...

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We have been overwhelmed by the positive responses to our recent calls for book reviewers!! Thank you to everyone who has written in. The current call for reviewers is now closed. We will publish an updated list of titles that we have available to review in September, after the summer recess.

📖📖Commissioned Book Review: Ercan S.A., Asenbaum H., Curato N. and Mendonça R.F, Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy📖📖 By Sabina Kozłowska & Joanna Podgórska-Rykała journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10..... The book here: global.oup.com/academic/pro... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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📖📖Commissioned Book Review: Sasikumar Sundaram, Rhetorical Powers: How Rising States Shape International Order📖📖 By Simon Kaack Read the review here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10..... You can find the book here: cup.columbia.edu/book/rhetori... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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🚨🚨New Online First!🚨🚨 Instagramming politics: Analyzing German MPs’ day-to-day activities on social media in non-campaign periods By @swallaschek.bsky.social & Lara Fuge Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1.... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Instagramming politics: Analyzing German MPs’ day-to-day activities on social media in non-campaign periods - Stefan Wallaschek, Lara Fuge, 2026

This article investigates how members of the 20th German Bundestag use Instagram during non-campaign periods. Drawing on research on visual political communicat...

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🎙️PSR's Author Interview Series🎙️ Episode 6!!!🎙️ Mark Kaye speaks with Kamil Bernaerts regarding his paper 'Affect or Emotions? Disaggregating Affective Polarisation to Explain Support for Liberal Democracy in Belgium and the United Kingdom' youtube.com/watch?v=yfoWLkhk4ls&feature=youtu.be

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🌟A Window of Opportunity for Feminist Claims? MPs’ Responsiveness to Gender Inequalities in French-Speaking Belgium During COVID-19🌟 By Caroline Close & @clemencedeswert.bsky.social @ulbruxelles.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🎙️PSR's Author Interview Series🎙️ Episode 5!!!🎙️ In this fantastic episode, Mark Kaye speaks with Dr. Can Buyukbay regarding his paper 'From chronopolitics to political tempo: Time in political analysis.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWnA... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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🚨🚨Online First: From chronopolitics to political tempo: Time in political analysis🚨🚨 By Dr. Can Buyukbay This article introduces political tempo as a mid-range analytical framework for examining how temporal dynamics structure governance and democratic legitimacy. shorturl.at/mAz1d

From chronopolitics to political tempo: Time in political analysis - Can Büyükbay, 2026

This article introduces political tempo as a mid-range analytical framework for examining how temporal dynamics structure governance and democratic legitimacy. ...

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📊The Null Hypothesis📊 Timeless Tactics or Modern Misfires: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Established Voter Engagement Methods in US Local Elections By @juliealanger.bsky.social, Kelly LeRoux & @michael-siciliano.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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🙌🙌We've had an unbelievable response to our call for Commissioned Book reviews! Thank you to all of you that have already reviewed a book with us. But, with so many fantastic books coming out, we need even more reviewers! 🙌🙌 Contact our editor Dr Dafydd Townley: dafydd.townley@port.ac.uk

✨Online First:✨ Too Many to Fight: Elite Free Riding and the Origins of Personalism(🔓Open Access & Free to Read!🔓) By José Kaire 'Why do powerful elites in authoritarian regimes so often fail to resist autocratic power grabs?' journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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